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Lanois Rocks Parry Sound

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By Andrew Hoshkiw (CHARTattack) November 11, 2008 11:17 am
To be sure, it was an unlikely setting: a small theatre in a quiet, rural town. But there he was: Daniel Lanois. Lanois is arguably one of Canada's most prolific musicians, and is also no doubt the most underrated. He's produced, co-written and played on albums for the likes of U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan and many others. Despite this, he's...
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Daniel Lanois — Here Is What Is

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) March 18, 2008 5:15 pm
Here Is What Is isn't an album as much as a routine check-up on what Lanois' been up to. The last we heard from him, ignoring the undistinguished outtakes and instrumental albums of 2005, was five years ago with the excellent Shine. Methinks Lanois is due for a comeback. Unfortunately, it won't be the soundtrack to the equally titled and equally...
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Daniel Lanois — Belladonna

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By Marc Boudignon (CHARTattack) June 7, 2005 1:20 pm
Belladonna is the musical equivalent of being submersed in water — the sounds are visceral and measured while coaxing a particular sense of claustrophobia despite its immense openness. The album's author, Daniel Lanois, is the esteemed super-producer of such acts as U2, Bob Dylan and Peter Gabriel, as well as Brian Eno's collaborator on his...
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20 Amazing Album Covers With Boobies On Them (NSFW)

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) May 27, 2011 12:05 pm
When the Handsome Furs unveiled their totally tasteful (and nsfw) nudie cover art for upcoming album Sound Kapital it gave us a giddy electric jolt. There were pubes! There were deliciously concealed armpits! And most thrillingly... there were BOOBIES! Yeah, that's right. Hoots. Breasteseses. Maracas. Noogies. Gazongas. We're not so dead inside...
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Daniel Lanois, Gord Downie, Ray LaMontagne Playing Harvest Picnic

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 29, 2011 11:48 am
Daniel Lanois looks set to bring a rural feel back to music festivals when his Harvest Picnic hits Christie Lake Conservation Area near Hamilton, Ont. on Aug. 27. Lanois will perform at the event, which will also feature The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie and his Country Miracles backing band, Ray LaMontagne and Emmylou Harris. And it's being dubbed...
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I Read The News Today... For March 17, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 17, 2011 3:54 pm
How much is your band's name worth? Apparently $251,100 in this case, at least. —younameourband.com Japanese metallers Boris have released a statement about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in their home country, saying their families are safe. Unfortunately, both the band's upcoming new albums, Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, have...
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Black Dub — Black Dub

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) November 5, 2010 1:28 pm
All indications seem to suggest Daniel Lanois is having a great time playing band with his new project Black Dub, but whether the results match his enthusiasm remains inconclusive.Lanois is accompanied in Black Dub by Trixie Whitley, Chis Whitley's 22-year-old daughter, on vocals, drummer Brian Blade and Daryl Johnson on bass. The band's sound — a...
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Daniel Lanois On The Origin Of Black Dub, Robert Plant And How This Is His "Crazy Horse"

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) November 2, 2010 3:05 pm
He's known amongst great Canadian album chasers as the bilingual folkie behind sparse classics Acadie and For The Beauty Of Wynona. Worldwide, he's best known as the super-producer who helped make U2 famous. But Quebec-born, Hamilton, Ont.-bred Daniel Lanois could just as well become known for something else soon: being the guitarist in the crack...
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CHARTtrack: Daniel Lanois Previews Nuit Blanche Set With Free Download

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 30, 2010 4:44 pm
Daniel Lanois spoke to us earlier this week about how his set at Toronto's Nuit Blanche is going to melt your mind. Now we've stumbled upon a special preview of the event. We've got a free download of "Trance Ascent - Full Nuit Blanche 2010," what's being characterized as a "revisitation" of "An Ending (Ascent)" from Brian Eno's 1983 Apollo:...
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Daniel Lanois' Experiment At Nuit Blanche Will Be A Trip Into The Unknown

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) September 29, 2010 4:17 pm
Daniel Lanois intends to mess with your mind.At least that's what his goal seems to be when the Hamilton, Ont.-bred super-producer takes over Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square with something called Later That Night At The Drive-In as part of the city-transforming all-night contemporary art event Nuit Blanche on Saturday, Oct. 2.At no point does he...
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I Read The News Today... For June 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 28, 2010 2:44 pm
Tattoos and tequila indeed. Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was arrested for DUI in Las Vegas on Monday. —Associated Press Just because Bono's injured doesn't mean The Edge can't show up at Glastonbury and play one of U2's songs on stage with Muse: Daniel Lanois has been released from hospital following a motorcycle crash earlier...
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Daniel Lanois In Motorcycle Accident

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 8, 2010 1:03 pm
Daniel Lanois was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on Saturday (June 5) in Los Angeles, and will take the next two months off to recover from his injuries. Lanois is currently in an intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital after having suffered multiple injuries in the crash. While a press release states his injuries are "...
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Teenage Head Win Hamilton Music Awards

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 18, 2008 12:35 pm
Teenage Head won seven Hamilton Music Awards on Sunday night. The punk band's Teenage Head With Marky Ramone album won prizes for best record, punk record and engineer, while it also garnered late frontman Frankie Venom honours for male vocalist of the year. Teenage Head also picked up awards for best website and were given a lifetime achievement...
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U2 Album Almost Done

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) November 11, 2008 12:12 pm
U2's next album is almost finished. After a show in Parry Sound, Ont. on Saturday, uber-producer and frequent U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois revealed the news to ChartAttack's Andrew Hoshkiw in an interview following his performance at the Charles W. Stockey Centre For The Performing Arts. "I'm going to England to finish mixing the U2...
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Daniel Lanois Ushers In New Era Of Digital Music With Here Is What Is

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By Moya Dillon (CHARTattack) December 4, 2007 6:00 pm
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer Daniel Lanois will release his sixth solo album, Here Is What Is, as the first digital release available in the high-resolution, CD-quality WAV format on Dec. 15 exclusively through redfloorrecords.com. The album was recorded in Toronto, Los Angeles and Louisiana with Brian Blade on drums and The Band's...
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A Sonic Journey Into Daniel Lanois' Lair

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) September 7, 2007 5:00 pm
Ten-time Grammy Award winner Daniel Lanois makes his first foray into moviemaking with the world premiere of his feature-length picture, Here Is What Is, at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. "We had a very simple strategy, which was to include whatever happened through the course of the year," Lanois explains....
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Daniel Lanois Shows Here Is What Is In New Documentary

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) August 16, 2007 4:00 pm
Musician/producer Daniel Lanois is the subject of a new feature-length film titled Here Is What Is, which will make its world premiere at September's Toronto International Film Festival. A trailer of the film on Lanois' website shows him discussing the idea behind the project with fellow producer Brian Eno interspersed with performance footage...
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Bob Lanois Takes His Famous Little Brother Down Snake Road

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) July 20, 2007 5:00 pm
The Lanois brothers are definitely kindred spirits. While the younger Daniel Lanois may be the more famous of the pair after releasing several acclaimed albums of his own and producing discs for Bob Dylan and U2, Bob Lanois is no slouch either. Well-respected in the Canadian music scene, he's worked on recordings with artists as diverse as Bruce...
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Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All-Time (40 To 31)

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By CHARTattack Staff June 30, 2000 7:00 am
40. SIANSPHERIC Somnium (Sonic Unyon) 1995 Like a velvet glove dipped in iron, they knew exactly when to punch and when to stroke. Armed with a sinewy intellect and their own brand of gaseous post-rock prescience, they burned a path through the sonic stratosphere. The waves of gentle turbulence and ethereal beauty are still as hypnotic and...
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Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All-Time (20 To 11)

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By CHARTattack Staff June 30, 2000 7:00 am
20. THE BAND Music From Big Pink (Capitol) 1968 A promethean debut album. Over 30 years old and still sounding new. It hasn't left the radio waves since, which is where it was first melted to the psychedelic Hammond organ intro of "Chest Fever." Big Pink unifies gospel, country and rock. Robbie Robertson and Rick Danko provided the soul...
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